Some Noted Princes, Authors, and Statesmen of Our Time
by Parton, James (editor)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York , NY, U.S.A.: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1885. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. This is a collection of essays on notable persons of the time by writers who knew them, originally published in the Boston periodical The Youth's Companion; a majority of the subjects are authors; includes many portraits and other illustrations, with frontispiece portrait of Emerson (decorative tan cloth with bright gold lettering, black & gold designs, portraits on front cover and spine, marbled endpapers, previous owner's name on front endpaper, covers slightly rubbed, ends of spine slightly worn, otherwise a good, clean, sturdy copy with tight hinges)
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- Bookseller
- House of Our Own Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003073
- Title
- Some Noted Princes, Authors, and Statesmen of Our Time
- Author
- Parton, James (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell
- Place of Publication
- New York , NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1885
- Keywords
- NOISBN
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